Shloka 28

Adhyāya 12: Devas’ Petition to Nahūṣa; Bṛhaspati on Śaraṇāgata-Dharma; Indrāṇī’s Strategic Delay

Devanagari script

एवमेतद्‌ द्विजश्रेष्ठ देवी चेयं प्रसाद्यताम्‌ ततः: समस्ता इन्द्राणीं देवाश्चाग्निपुरोगमा: । ऊचुर्वचनमव्यग्रा लोकानां हितकाम्यया

Transliteration

evam etad dvijaśreṣṭha devī ceyaṁ prasādyatām tataḥ samastā indrāṇīṁ devāś cāgnipurogamāḥ | ūcur vacanam avyagrā lokānāṁ hitakāmyayā ||

Translation

‘ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಆಗಲಿ, ಓ ದ್ವಿಜಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ! ಈ ದೇವಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು.’ ನಂತರ ಅಗ್ನಿಯನ್ನು ಮುಂಚೂಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು ಎಲ್ಲ ದೇವತೆಗಳು ಇಂದ್ರಾಣಿಯ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ, ಲೋಕಗಳ ಹಿತವನ್ನು ಬಯಸಿ, ಅವ್ಯಗ್ರ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಶಾಂತವಾಗಿ ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರು.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: O best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजश्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• प्रसाद्यताम्: let (her) be propitiated / please (her)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय् (प्र + सद्/साद् caus.)
• Form: imperative, 3rd, singular, passive

• ततः: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• समास्ताः: having assembled / having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: समास् (सम् + आस्)
• Form: past active participle, masculine, nominative, plural

• इन्द्राणीम्: to Indrani (Sachi)
• इन्द्राणीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्राणी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अग्नि-पुरोगमाः: with Agni in front / led by Agni
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्निपुरोगम
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ऊचुः: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: perfect, 3rd, plural, active

• वचनम्: words / speech
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अव्यग्राः: unagitated, calm
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds / of people
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• हित-काम्यया: with the desire for welfare
• हित-काम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हितकाम्य
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• dvijaśreṣṭha (addressed Brahmin)
• devī (a goddess to be propitiated)
• Indrāṇī (Śacī)
• Agni
• devāḥ (the gods)
• lokāḥ (the worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic method of resolving tension: seek the welfare of all worlds (lokānāṁ hita) through calm, focused speech and conciliatory action—propitiating the appropriate divine power rather than acting from agitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya reports that a Brahmin is advised to appease a goddess; afterward, the gods led by Agni approach Indrāṇī (Śacī) and address her serenely, motivated by the common good of all worlds.